Meaning

4 senses

  1. (derogatory, usually)One who does not believe in a certain religion.

    a person who does not acknowledge your god

  2. (derogatory, usually)One who does not believe in a certain principle.

  3. (derogatory, usually)One with no religious beliefs.

  4. (derogatory, usually)An openly Islamophobic individual receiving or seeking praise from other Islamophobic people.

    Ungläubiger, Ungläubige

    неве́рныйnevérnyj, неве́рующийnevérujuščij, инове́рецinovérec

Examples

6 sentences

  1. Woe to infidels.

    Горе невірним!

    ruГоре неверным!

    deWehe den Ungläubigen!

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  2. An infidel's greatest defeat is ending up in paradise.

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  3. I'm not an infidel.

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  4. The word "infidel" comes from Latin.

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  5. Why does the Quran say that infidels should be killed?

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
non-believer:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
non-believer:

Origin

First attested 1460, from Middle French infidèle, from Latin īnfidēlis (“unfaithful”), fro

First attested 1460, from Middle French infidèle, from Latin īnfidēlis (“unfaithful”), from in- (“not”) + fidēlis (“faithful”). See fidelity.

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Forms

plural: infidels
Singularinfidel
Pluralinfidels

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
one with no religious beliefs:atheist
unbelievernonbelieverdisbelieverkafirakumnon-believer
heathen, pagan:non-Abrahamic
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Relatedfidelityinfidelityinfidelly

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
infestinfestationinfidelityinfightinginfiltrate
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